„I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints, the sinners are much more fun.“
— Billy Joel American singer-songwriter and pianist 1949
Variante: I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints.
„Everyone is a hypocrite in one sense or another and I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints.“
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— Billy Joel American singer-songwriter and pianist 1949
Only the Good Die Young.
Song lyrics, The Stranger (1977)
— Francois Rabelais, buch Gargantua und Pantagruel
Quelle: Gargantua and Pantagruel (1532–1564)
Kontext: Readers, friends, if you turn these pages
Put your prejudice aside,
For, really, there's nothing here that's outrageous,
Nothing sick, or bad — or contagious.
Not that I sit here glowing with pride
For my book: all you'll find is laughter:
That's all the glory my heart is after,
Seeing how sorrow eats you, defeats you.
I'd rather write about laughing than crying,
For laughter makes men human, and courageous.
— Charles Péguy French poet, essayist, and editor 1873 - 1914
"Un Nouveau théologien" (1911)
Basic Verities, Prose and Poetry (1943)
„I'd rather hear a truth that'll make me cry than a lie that'll make me smile!“
— Luiz Carlos Alborghetti Italian-Brazilian radio commenter, showman and political figure 1945 - 2009
Original: (pt) Eu prefiro uma verdade que me faça chorar a uma mentira que me faça sorrir!
— Oscar Wilde, Eine Frau ohne Bedeutung
Lord Illingworth http://books.google.com/books?id=RHkWAAAAYAAJ&q="The+only+difference+between+the+saint+and+the+sinner+is+that+every+saint+has+a+past+and+every+sinner+has+a+future"&pg=PA119#v=onepage, Act III
A Woman of No Importance (1893)
— Henry Adams journalist, historian, academic, novelist 1838 - 1918
Quelle: Esther: A Novel (1884), Ch. IV
„I'd rather argue with you, angel, then laugh with anyone else.“
— Sylvia Day American writer 1973
Quelle: Reflected in You
„A saint is a sinner who loves; it's that simple!“
— Catherine Doherty Religious order founder; Servant of God 1896 - 1985
Attributed to Catherine Doherty in Inflamed by Love by Jean Fox
Attributed
„Saint, n. A dead sinner, revised and edited.“
— Ambrose Bierce, buch Des Teufels Wörterbuch
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
„There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.“
— Aurelius Augustinus early Christian theologian and philosopher 354 - 430
This is sometimes attributed to Augustine, but the earliest known occurrence is in Persian Rosary (c. 1929) by Ahmad Sohrab (PDF) http://magshare.net/narchive/NArchive/Misc/Raw_Data/A_Persian_Rosary_by_Mirza_Ahmad_Sohrab.pdf, which probably originates as a paraphrase of a statement in Oscar Wilde's 1893 play A Woman of No Importance: "The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past and every sinner has a future."
Misattributed
„Every saint has a past. Every sinner has a future.“
— Warren Buffett American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist 1930
„Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.“
— Oscar Wilde Irish writer and poet 1854 - 1900
„Many of the insights of the saint stem from his experience as a sinner.“
— Eric Hoffer American philosopher 1898 - 1983
